Health Informatics Associate at The Center for Clinical Care and Clinical Research

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

• Support the Health informatic officer to integrate new IT solutions into existing database utilize to report program data.
• Support in the development of a Chat Bot to aid service provision and tracking by case workers.
• Provide hands on support to CBOs to drive satisfaction with the IT solution – CHILD Monitor.
• Support the SI team and CBO MEL officers on how to utilize IT solution to track project deliverables and continue to improve user experience and interface (UX/UI)
• Assist the strengthen informatics capacity of CBOs towards standardization and utilization of the case management app – CHILD Monitor by trouble shooting and providing real time solutions
• Assist development of comprehensive functional update of the CHILD Monitor with specifications based on USAID inputs on expansion of features.
• Support and facilitate the development and implementation of M & E plans for CHILD Monitor standardization, documentation of learning and user guidelines.
• Assist the SI team, to co-ordinate update and implementation of the CHILD Monitor, interoperability Layer, shared record and Master Client Registry
• Continue to support that all Nigeria specific user requirements, requested enhancements and reported bugs are accurately captured, validated and prioritized.
• Support User Stories at a project level and ensure that they are sufficiently documented with clear acceptance criteria and that they are traceable to sprint backlogs.
• Support  the HI officer inthe Implementation of CCCRN strategies to support change management of the new system or its interoperability with NOMIS Web version.
• Continue to assist,monitor and ensure that information-supported systems meet prevailing standards, including security and confidentiality.
• Participate in identifying and documenting project success stories.
• Support project documentation needs including development of Informatics sections in project reports and Work Planning
• Effectivelysupport and promptly response to reported issues and maintain catalogue of related issues for upgrade and improvement.
• Provide support for technical expertise on spatial data collection, map series creation, compilation of available geospatial data sets, web mapping, spatial analysis, data visualization and remote sensing.
• Assist to constantly monitor and report on progress of the IT solution to project leadership
• Other duties assigned.

Key Working Relationships:

• Internal: Health InformaticsOfficers, Database Officer, State Program Managers
• Supervisory: None
• External: CBOs and Community case workers

Qualifications

• First Degree in Public Health, Health Care Informatics, Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Science, Public Policy or Health Policy, Statistics or related field.
• At least three (3) years of professional experience in a healthcare or public health setting with health informatics responsibilities
• Extensive knowledge of current public health information technology and applications.
• Extensive experience in a setting involving the use of health information programs.
• In depth knowledge and experience in IT solutions for health informatics.

Agency Wide Competences (for all CCCRN staff):

• These are rooted in the mission, values, and guiding principles of CCCRN and used by each staff member to fulfill his or her responsibilities and achieve the desired results.
• CCCRN core values are; Excellence, Knowledge, Professionalism, Accountability, Diversity and Collaboration.